{"id":175553,"date":"2026-03-14T16:28:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=175553"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:58:49","slug":"assam-entrepreneur-at-wef-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/assam-entrepreneur-at-wef-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Assam Entrepreneur at WEF 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, Assam-based entrepreneur Drishti Medhi is representing India\u2019s blue-collar workforce and indigenous communities of the Northeast.  Drishti Medhi, co-founder of QuickGhy, has travelled to the World Economic Forum&#8217;s Annual Meeting 2026 with a clear mission: to build market access for India&#8217;s blue-collar sector whilst representing the often-overlooked indigenous communities of northeast India in discussions around trade and economic development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drishti Medhi<\/strong>, the co-founder of <strong>QuickGhy<\/strong>, is representing the blue-collar sector and indigenous communities of Northeast India at Davos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mission:<\/strong> Her primary goal is to build market access for blue-collar workers and ensure that grassroots communities from the region are included in global trade and economic development discussions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Focus of QuickGhy:<\/strong> The platform focuses on <strong>upskilling, training, and empowering<\/strong> workers to help them access better economic opportunities through technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First-time Representation:<\/strong> Chief Minister <strong>Himanta Biswa Sarma<\/strong> noted that this is the first time Assam is formally presenting itself at the WEF.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Economic Growth:<\/strong> The CM cited RBI data labeling Assam as the <strong>fastest-growing state<\/strong> in India to attract global investors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Investment Targets:<\/strong> Assam expects to sign MoUs worth nearly <strong>Rs 1 lakh crore<\/strong> during the Davos visit, specifically focusing on:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Green Energy:<\/strong> Pumped storage projects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sustainability:<\/strong> Bamboo-to-methanol conversion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Semiconductors:<\/strong> Following the Tata semiconductor project, the state is engaging with industry leaders to further develop this sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, Assam-based entrepreneur Drishti Medhi is representing India\u2019s blue-collar workforce and indigenous communities of the Northeast. Drishti Medhi, co-founder of QuickGhy, has travelled to the World Economic Forum&#8217;s Annual Meeting 2026 with a clear mission: to build market access for India&#8217;s blue-collar sector whilst representing the often-overlooked indigenous [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":175560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5399],"tags":[2996],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-175553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-january-2026","tag-assam-current-affairs-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175561,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175553\/revisions\/175561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175553"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=175553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}